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Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Back to Skyrim...

As you might remember, I've been working on and off on bringing some of my Skyrim characters to life in 1/6th scale form. So far I've created Skara the thief/archer and her squishy cob mare Inky, but not much other than that...

Until now, that is!

Presenting Breanaa the Breton!

She's on a Barbie Fashionista body at the moment, though I'd like to rebody and hair her eventually as she's a bit too skinny and her hands are pretty useless, lol. All the clothes, weapons and accessories are homemade. (most of which you can't see because of the cloak, but she's got a dagger and a couple of leather pouches.)
As with Skara's wardrobe, it's more 'inspired by' than an exact replica of Skyrim clothes and armour.

Her apron dress was made from an old skirt of my grandma's that was going to be binned (recycling ftw!) and the under-top is just felt, though it does a good impression of wool at this scale. Unfortunately Barbies still have those horrendous pointy 'high heel' feet so I did a bit of surgery with a heatgun and scalpel and now she can stand on her own for the first time ever. :P

The hood was based off original viking patterns I found on pinterest, and is made from some synthetic material I got in a massive box full of fabric oddments from my cousin. It looks like wool on this side, though not the other! If I ever got into modding myself, I'd love to make one for the game.

She and Skara met up the other day in the snow and after a brief chat, Skara offered her a ride to the nearest village...

...at some point though, they just couldn't resist taking advantage of the weather. XD

In actual Skyrim, however, this is what usually happens to her. XD

Born into a comfortable and privileged life in High Rock; at the age of 24, after rejecting every marriage proposal put to her by a myriad of potential suitors approved and encouraged by her parents, Breanaa was shipped off to Skyrim, with the intention of marrying her into a suitable family in Solitude.
Unfortunately for them, Breanaa’s life goals did not involve matrimony and after convincing her minders that she merely wanted to visit the local tailor’s shop, she managed to escape on her little grey mare and immediately headed for Dragon Bridge in the hope of finding a sellsword she could hire to protect her on her travels.
Although she is not good in combat, or particularly proficient in magic, she has a hunger for knowledge keener than most mages and spends as much time as she can exploring old ruins and attempting to decipher ancient texts and artefacts.

Eventually I'd like to make her pony and dog too, but one step at a time I think. XD

Why buy in stuff when you can just make it yourself? :PBut yeah, I'm all for dolls in modern settings wearing modern clothes and stuff but pretty much all the doll people I follow do just that - they're always dressed up to the nines in haute coutre with makeup everywhere...when just popping down to the shops or going out for a coffee in a photostory. XD

I felt rather bad doing it actually, I used the heatgun on them until the plastic was really malleable, then hacked away at the ankle and bent the foot up so it was at right angles to the rest of the leg. It worked, but I felt like I was doing some of the horrific chinese foot binding!

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About Me

Greetings all, my name's Christine Sutcliffe and this is my blog.
I started it originally to showcase some of my model horse customs and the like but have since gone on to expand on the theme with modelmaking tutorials, guides and walkthroughs from college projects to my own personal work.
There isn't a specific subject I blog about - it can be anything from digital art to 1/12th scale miniatures and photography!
I also have a blog specifically for my photostories which is updated less often now as I haven't as much time to dedicate to my stories as I'd like.